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Signal Cross Talk in Plant Stress Responses
2009
Print ISBN: 978-0-813-81963-1; also available in electronic formats
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Plant Abiotic Stress, Second Edition
2nd Edition
2014
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Hirt, H. (ed.)
Plant Stress Biology
From Genomics to Systems Biology
2010
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Improving Crop Resistance to Abiotic Stress
2012
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Improving Crop Productivity in Sustainable Agriculture
2013
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Climate Change and Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance
2014
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Edited by Narendra Tuteja and Sarvajeet S. Gill
Abiotic Stress Response in Plants
The Editors
Dr. Narendra Tuteja
International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg
110 067 New Delhi
India
and
Amity Institute of Microbial Technology
Amity University
E-2 Block, 4th Floor
Room 404A, Sector 125 NOIDA
201313 Uttar Pradesh
India
Dr. Sarvajeet S. Gill
Stress Physiology & Molecular Biology Lab
Centre for Biotechnology
Maharshi Dayanand University
Rohtak - 124 001
Haryana
India
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Dedication
Sanjaya Rajaram was born in 1943 near a small farming village in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northeastern India. He did his BS in Agriculture in 1962 at College of Jaunpur at the University of Gorakhpur. He then studied genetics and plant breeding under Dr M.S. Swaminathan at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi, graduating with his master's degree in 1964. The following year he went to Australia where he studied his PhD in plant breeding at the University of Sydney on a scholarship from the Rotary Club of Narrabri. His Professor and mentor at the university was Dr I.A. Watson, who had been a fellow graduate student with Norman Borlaug under Dr E.C. Stakman at the University of Minnesota. Watson recommended him to Dr Borlaug and Dr Glenn Anderson at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in Mexico - and this set in motion Rajaram's distinguished scientific career in wheat research. He implemented a major expansion of Borlaug's ingenious shuttle-breeding approach in countries beyond Mexico, emphasizing wide adaptation of new plants to differing climate and soil conditions; superior grain quality; and increasing the resistance to diseases and pests that had devastated farmers' crops.
Rajaram significantly advanced his mentor's work in improving wheat varieties during a period that has been described as the “golden years” of wheat breeding and production. Like Borlaug, Rajaram had the extraordinary ability to visually identify and select for cross breeding the plant varieties possessing a range of desired characteristics, an ability that was essential to wheat breeding in the 1980s and 1990s. The yield potential of Rajaram's new cultivars increased 20% to 25%. Realizing the importance of freely sharing knowledge to provide developing countries with the ability to produce more food, Rajaram launched efforts to expand the global scientific wheat network – a worldwide exchange of genetic resources, information, and innovations among researchers – which had not been done before. This led to the accelerated development and worldwide spread of high-yielding wheat varieties, which kept the expansion of global wheat production ahead of population growth and made wheat even more accessible to the world's poor. He also realized the importance of nutrition to the poor and strongly supported research on micronutrient-enriched wheat varieties.
After a distinguished career at CIMMYT, Dr Rajaram joined the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas and later developed his own seed company, Resource Seeds International.
In 2007, Dr Borlaug expressed high praise for Rajaram in a personal note: “You have developed into the greatest present-day wheat scientist in the world … have made and continue to make many important contributions to further improve world wheat production … have learned to work effectively in many different countries with political leaders of different ideologies … and are a scientist of great vision.”
As the World Food Prize celebrates the centennial year of his mentor, Dr Norman Borlaug, as well as the UN-FAO's International Year of Family Farming, it is especially fitting that the committee recognized the achievements of Dr Sanjaya Rajaram, which have benefitted farmers and consumers worldwide. Dr Rajaram's crossing of winter and spring wheat varieties, which were distinct gene pools that had been isolated from one another for hundreds of years, led to his development of plants that have higher yields and dependability under a wide range of environments around the world.
Dr Sanjaya Rajaram was honored as the 2014 World Food Prize Laureate for his scientific research that led to a prodigious increase in world wheat production – by more than 200 million tons – building upon the successes of the Green Revolution.
His breakthrough breeding technologies have had a far-reaching and significant impact in providing more nutritious food around the globe and alleviating world hunger. Dr Rajaram succeeded Dr Norman Borlaug in leading CIMMYT's wheat breeding program and developed an astounding 480 wheat varieties that have been released in 51 countries on 6 continents and have been widely adopted by small- and large-scale farmers alike.
This book is dedicated to Dr Sanjaya Rajaram for nurturing plant genetics and breeding technologies for providing more nutritious food around the globe and alleviating world hunger.
List of Contributors
Rubén Alcázar
University of Barcelona
Departament de Productes Naturals
Biologia Vegetal i Edafologia, Fisiologia Vegetal Unit.
Facultat de Farmacia
Avda de Joan XXIII s/n
08028 Barcelona
Spain
Naser A. Anjum
University of Aveiro
Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM)
Department of Chemistry
3810-193 Aveiro
Portugal
Jayprakash Awasthi
Assam University
Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics
788011 Silchar
Assam
India
Alma Balestrazzi
University of Pavia
Department of Biology and Biotechnology `L. Spallanzani'
Via Ferrata 1
27100 Pavia
Italy
Renu Bhardwaj
Guru Nanak Dev University
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences
143001 Amritsar
Punjab
India
Brijmohan Singh Bhau
CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR-NEIST)
Plant Genomics Laboratory
MAEP Division
785006 Jorhat
Assam
India
Munmi Bora
CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR-NEIST)
Plant Genomics Laboratory
MAEP Division
785006 Jorhat
Assam
India
Bitupon Borah
CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR-NEIST)
Plant Genomics Laboratory
MAEP Division
785006 Jorhat
Assam
India
David J. Burritt
University of Otago
Department of Botany
464 Great King Street
Dunedin
New Zealand
Daniela Carbonera
University of Pavia
Department of Biology and Biotechnology `L. Spallanzani'
Via Ferrata 1
27100 Pavia
Italy
Shuvasish Choudhury
Assam University
Central Instrumentation Laboratory
788011 Silchar
India
Mohitosh Dey
Indian Institute of Technology
Department of Biotechnology
Guwahati 781039
India
Mattia Doná
University of Pavia
Department of Biology and Biotechnology `L. Spallanzani'
Via Ferrata 1
27100 Pavia
Italy
Frederic Erbisch
Intellectual Property Consultant
6036 Harkson Drive
East Lansing
48823 Michigan
USA
Masayuki Fujita
Kagawa University
Laboratory of Plant Stress Responses
Department of Applied Biological Science
Faculty of Agriculture
Ikenobe 2393
Miki-cho
Kita-gun
761-0795 Kagawa
Japan
Ritu Gill
Centre for Biotechnology
Maharshi Dayanand University
Rohtak
124001 Haryana
India
Sarvajeet Singh Gill
Stress Physiology and Molecular
Biology Lab
Centre for Biotechnology
Maharshi Dayanand University
Rohtak
124001 Haryana
India
Sneha Gosh
CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR-NEIST)
Plant Genomics Laboratory
MAEP Division
785006 Jorhat
Assam
India
Meetu Gupta
Jamia Millia Islamia
Ecotoxicogenomics Lab
Department of Biotechnology
Jamia Nagar
110025 New Delhi
India
Shikha Gupta
Jamia Millia Islamia
Ecotoxicogenomics Lab
Department of Biotechnology
Jamia Nagar
110025 New Delhi
India
Dugganaboyana Guru Kumar
CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR-NEIST)
Plant Genomics Laboratory
MAEP Division
785006 Jorhat
Assam
India
Mirza Hasanuzzaman
Kagawa University
Laboratory of Plant Stress Responses
Department of Applied Biological Science
Faculty of Agriculture
Ikenobe 2393
Miki-cho
Kita-gun
761-0795 Kagawa
Japan
and
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University
Department of Agronomy
Faculty of Agriculture
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar
1207 Dhaka
Bangladesh
Tom Herlache
MSU Technologies, Michigan State University
325 E. Grand River Ave. Suite 350, East Lansing
48823 Michigan
USA
Mohammad Anwar Hossain
Bangladesh Agricultural University
Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding
2202 Mymensingh
Bangladesh
Kazi Md. Kamrul Huda
Plant Molecular Biology
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg
110067 New Delhi
India
Manish Kumar
Punjabi University
Department of Botany
147002 Patiala
Punjab
India
Sandeep Kumar
Punjabi University
Department of Botany
147002 Patiala
Punjab
India
Sanjay Kumar
Biotechnology Division
CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology
Baijnath Road
176061 (HP) Palampur
India
Sanjeev Kumar
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering
Guwahati- 781039
India
Anca Macovei
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
Pili Drive, Los Baños 4031
Laguna
Philippines
Karim Maredia
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
416 Plant and Soil Sciences Building,
1066 Bogue Street, Room 416, East Lansing,
48823 Michigan
USA
and
Intellectual Property Consultant
6036 Harkson Drive
East Lansing
48824 Michigan
USA
Sagarika Mishra
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering
781039 Guwahati
India
Tapan Kumar Mohanta
National Institute of Plant Genome Research
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg
110067 New Delhi
India
Kamrun Nahar
Kagawa University
Laboratory of Plant Stress Responses
Department of Applied Biological Science
Faculty of Agriculture
Ikenobe-2393
Miki-cho
Kita-gun
761-0795 Kagawa
Japan
and
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University
Department of Agricultural Botany
Faculty of Agriculture
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar
1207 Dhaka
Bangladesh
Pravendra Nath
CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute
Rana Pratap Marg
226001 Lucknow
India
Sanjib Kumar Panda
Assam University
Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics
788011 Silchar
Assam
India
Chandana Pandey
Jamia Millia Islamia
Ecotoxicogenomics Lab
Department of Biotechnology
Jamia Nagar
110025 New Delhi
India
Prashant K. Pandey
Plant Molecular Biology
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg
110067 New Delhi
India
and
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Am Mühlenberg 1
D-14476 Potsdam-Golm
Germany
Ashwani Pareek
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology Laboratory
School of Life Sciences
110067 New Delhi
India
Hemanta Kumar Patra
Utkal University
P.G. Department of Botany
Vani Vihar
Bhubaneshwar
751004 Odhisa
India
Sangeeta Puri
CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR-NEIST)
Plant Genomics Laboratory
MAEP Division
785006 Jorhat
Assam
India
Callista Rakhmatov
Office of International Research Collaboration, Michigan State University
International Center, 427 N. Shaw Lane, Room 4, East Lansing
48824 Michigan
USA
Bedabrata Saha
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering
781039 Guwahati
India
and
Assam University
Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics
788011 Silchar
Assam
India
Lingaraj Sahoo
Indian Institute of Technology
Department of Biotechnology
Guwahati 781039
Debojit Kumar Sharma
CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR-NEIST)
Plant Genomics Laboratory
MAEP Division
785006 Jorhat
Assam
India
Devesh Shukla
Department of Biology
Western Kentucky University
1906 College Heights
Boulevard
Bowling Green
42101-1080 KY
USA
Sneh L. Singla-Pareek
Plant Molecular Biology
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg
New Delhi 110067
India
Alok Krishna Sinha
National Institute of Plant Genome Research
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg
110067 New Delhi
India
Geetika Sirhindi
Punjabi University
Department of Botany
147002 Patiala
Punjab
India
Neelam Soda
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology Laboratory
School of Life Sciences
110067 New Delhi
India
Antonio F. Tiburcio
University of Barcelona
Departament de Productes Naturals
Biologia Vegetal i Edafologia, Fisiologia Vegetal Unit.
Facultat de Farmacia
Avda de Joan XXIII s/n
08028 Barcelona
Spain
Dipesh Kumar Trivedi
Plant Molecular Biology
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg
110067 New Delhi
India
and
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering
400076 Mumbai
India
Prabodh K. Trivedi
CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute
Rana Pratap Marg
Lucknow
UP 226001
India
Narendra Tuteja
Plant Molecular Biology
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg
110067 New Delhi
India
and
Amity Institute of Microbial Technology
Amity University
E-2 Block, 4th Floor
Room 404A, Sector 125 NOIDA
201313 Uttar Pradesh
India
Neha Vaid
Plant Molecular Biology
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg
110067 New Delhi
India
Sawlang Borsingh Wann
CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR-NEIST)
Biotechnology Division
785006 Jorhat
Assam
India
Foreword
“In a world that has the means for feeding its population, the persistence of hunger is a scandal” [1]. This is a very comprehensive statement made by the UNO and clearly explains the present state of apathy of world agriculture. In the present scenario, crop plants are frequently confronted by various abiotic stresses such as high salinity, drought, low and high temperature, heavy metals, which lead to significant reduction in crop yield. Most commonly abiotic stresses challenge crop plants in combination, for example high temperature stress and drought are commonly encountered by plants and cause unrepairable losses. Global climate change further increasing the frequency of high temperature stress, droughts, and floods, which negatively affect crop yields and pose a serious challenge for global food security. Therefore, protection and increase in crop productivity is now the highest priority worldwide to feed the ever-increasing world population. Recent advances in agriculture biotechnology and the aforementioned agricultural challenges have led to the emergence of high-throughput tools to explore and exploit plant genomes for tolerance toward abiotic stresses. Further, the extent of crop yield loss due to various abiotic stress factors can be reduced by manipulating plant metabolism and using genetically engineered plants.
This book “Abiotic Stress Responses in Plants” edited by Drs Narendra Tuteja and Sarvajeet Singh Gill places a broad picture of plant stress tolerance behavior. The book succeeds in presenting a large variety of concepts, models, and viewpoints and presents a wealth of excellent articles, both broad overviews and detailed accounts, which can broaden our understanding of plant abiotic stress tolerance phenomena. The chapters, written by experts in their respective fields, cover a large array of topics and interpret our recently dramatically enlarged view of the genetic basis of stress-affected plant development, biochemistry, and physiology. This comprehensiveness should make this volume equally valuable not only to basic investigators and application-oriented plant scientists but also to teachers and students entering this field of plant biology. I am sure the readers in the field of agriculture and particularly in abiotic stress management, biotechnology, would find this book very useful. The publisher also deserves congratulations for publishing this useful book.
Prof. M S Swaminathan Founder Chairman, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai
References
1. Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) (2006) The State of Food Security in the World, FAO, Rome.